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Seventy Russian tourists visited Panjshir province in a 13-vehicle convoy, while another 22 travelled to the Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan, amid growing interest in Afghanistan’s mountain landscapes and adventure tourism, despite continuing challenges involving roads, accommodation and tourism services in some areas.
The Afghan government said Pakistani airstrikes on Helmand and Kunar provinces killed 9 civilians, injured 11 others and destroyed three homes. Pakistan, meanwhile, described its operations as planned and measured, saying they targeted camps and hideouts belonging to armed groups based on intelligence information.
An Afghan government source said 9 people were killed and 7 others injured in Pakistani air strikes targeting Kunar and Helmand provinces. An official in Helmand said 2 homes were bombed in the Garmser area, noting that most of the casualties were women and children, amid continued tensions between the two countries.
Around 300 families in the Chihil Sutun area south of Kabul face the risk of landslides and falling rocks after cracks widened in a mountain above their homes. While technical teams assess the slope’s stability and the possibility of evacuation, residents say rising rents and limited resources prevent them from moving to safer areas.
Pakistan said it had carried out strikes on 10 sites inside Afghanistan, claiming they were used to store and launch drones, while the United Nations reported that at least 3 civilians had been killed. The raids came amid reciprocal accusations between Islamabad and Kabul, raising fears of undermining regional mediation efforts.
The Afghan government said 3 civilians were killed and 3 others injured in Pakistani strikes targeting Kunar and Paktika provinces in the east of the country, vowing to respond at the appropriate time and place. The strikes followed a deadly attack on a police facility in north-western Pakistan, amid growing disputes over armed group activity on both sides of the border.
A Turkish security official and a Qatari security official held separate meetings with leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan on Wednesday, discussing security cooperation, regional developments and tensions with Pakistan. A Taliban official said the visits were not joint, while the nature of the officials’ movements and meetings in Kandahar remained unclear.
The Taliban government has renewed its rejection of US President Donald Trump's demands for the return of military equipment left in Afghanistan after the previous government collapsed in 2021, saying it has become state property. The US Defense Department estimates that the US-funded weapons and equipment seized by the movement are worth nearly $7 billion.
